Alert archive / Georgia / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2012
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 71, NWS Tallahassee, FL
NWS Tallahassee, FL issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Mar 14, 2012, 7:17 PM EDT for Early County, Seminole County, Georgia; Houston County, Alabama. It was in force for 28 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The outline as issued.
The facts
- Issued
- Mar 14, 2012, 7:17 PM EDT (23:17 UTC)
- Expired
- Mar 14, 2012, 7:45 PM EDT
- In force
- 28 min
- Issued by
- NWS Tallahassee, FL
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties Houston County, AL, Early County, GA, Seminole County, GA
The nearest sounding before it
Tallahassee Rgnl, FL (KTLH), launched 12:00Z, 11.3 hours before the alert went out and 103 km from the middle of its area. This is the routine balloon launch nearest before it, the air the forecaster had in hand, not a measurement taken for the alert.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 548 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -73 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1051 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 15 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 3 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 31 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
121
WUUS52 KTAE 142317
SVRTAE
ALC069-GAC099-253-142345-
/O.NEW.KTAE.SV.W.0071.120314T2317Z-120314T2345Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL
617 PM CDT WED MAR 14 2012
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TALLAHASSEE HAS ISSUED A
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
SOUTHEASTERN HOUSTON COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST ALABAMA...
SOUTHWESTERN EARLY COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST GEORGIA...
NORTHWESTERN SEMINOLE COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST GEORGIA...
* UNTIL 645 PM CDT/745 PM EDT/
* AT 614 PM CDT...THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS DETECTED A SEVERE
THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING QUARTER SIZE HAIL...AND DAMAGING
WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR SAFFOLD...
AND MOVING SOUTH AT 5 MPH.
* OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO
LUCY...CROSBY AND CHATTAHOOCHEE SP
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
THIS IS A DANGEROUS STORM. IF YOU ARE IN ITS PATH...PREPARE
IMMEDIATELY. PEOPLE OUTSIDE SHOULD MOVE INSIDE A STRONG BUILDING BUT
AWAY FROM WINDOWS.
&&
LAT...LON 3110 8495 3100 8496 3100 8517 3100 8518
3116 8510
TIME...MOT...LOC 2317Z 022DEG 4KT 3111 8505
$$
42-DVD2 follow-up statements
066 WWUS52 KTAE 142330 SVSTAE SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL 630 PM CDT WED MAR 14 2012 ALC069-GAC099-253-142345- /O.CON.KTAE.SV.W.0071.000000T0000Z-120314T2345Z/ HOUSTON AL-EARLY GA-SEMINOLE GA- 630 PM CDT WED MAR 14 2012 ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 645 PM CDT/745 PM EDT/ FOR NORTHWESTERN SEMINOLE...EXTREME SOUTH CENTRAL EARLY AND SOUTHEASTERN HOUSTON COUNTIES... AT 627 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING QUARTER SIZE HAIL. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR CROSBY...MOVING SOUTH AT 10 MPH. OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO LUCY AND CHATTAHOOCHEE SP PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... THIS IS A DANGEROUS STORM. IF YOU ARE IN ITS PATH...PREPARE IMMEDIATELY FOR LARGE HAIL AND DEADLY CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING. PEOPLE OUTSIDE SHOULD MOVE TO A SHELTER...PREFERABLY INSIDE A STRONG BUILDING BUT AWAY FROM WINDOWS. && LAT...LON 3112 8510 3110 8495 3100 8496 3100 8513 TIME...MOT...LOC 2330Z 348DEG 7KT 3107 8506 $$ 42-DVD
465 WWUS52 KTAE 142335 SVSTAE SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL 635 PM CDT WED MAR 14 2012 ALC069-GAC099-253-142345- /O.EXP.KTAE.SV.W.0071.000000T0000Z-120314T2345Z/ HOUSTON AL-EARLY GA-SEMINOLE GA- 635 PM CDT WED MAR 14 2012 ...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR NORTHWESTERN SEMINOLE... EXTREME SOUTH CENTRAL EARLY AND SOUTHEASTERN HOUSTON COUNTIES WILL EXPIRE AT 645 PM CDT/745 PM EDT/... RELAY REPORTS OF SEVERE WEATHER TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TALLAHASSEE AT (8 5 0) 9 4 2 8 8 3 3. OR...YOU MAY CONTACT THE NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY OR YOUR COUNTY EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT. THEY WILL RELAY YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. LAT...LON 3112 8510 3110 8495 3100 8496 3100 8513 TIME...MOT...LOC 2335Z 348DEG 7KT 3105 8505 $$ 42-DVD
The office that day
Everything else NWS Tallahassee, FL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 14, 5:04 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | TAE | Baker | 26 min |
| Mar 14, 5:28 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | TAE | Lowndes | 32 min |
| Mar 14, 5:30 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | TAE | Mitchell | 30 min |
| Mar 14, 5:36 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | TAE | Worth | 39 min |
| Mar 14, 5:59 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | TAE | Brooks | 46 min |
| Mar 14, 6:21 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | TAE | Worth | 54 min |
| Mar 14, 6:39 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | TAE | Brooks | 36 min |
| Mar 14, 6:41 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Worth | 34 min |
| Mar 14, 3:39 AM EDT | Dense Fog Advisory | TAE | Coffee, Dale, Geneva, Houston | 6 hr |
| Mar 14, 5:47 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | TAE | Henry | 28 min |
Nearby
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Sources
The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.